So a couple things about David. 1) He lives in Durango 2) He is on the board of the Friends of the San Juans. Its a shame. http://www.thesanjuans.org/ We should make sure that organization knows he is doing this, so he gets kicked off. Hes not the type of person we need on that board. 3) He is a douche.

FYI: https://www.facebook.com/Dont-be-a-Splittard-446838962063314/?fref=ts

http://splitboard.com/talk/topic/hey-look-we-have-a-fan-club-aka-david-gottorff-is-a-douche/

In short: he puts up a lot of unfound claims, and says we are a liability in the backcountry. He posted a picture of Hikeforturns kid on the site, and refused to take it down. My good friend bonesgetbroke confronted him, and he pretty much pissed his pants (I would too).

Another note, I’ve emailed the director of FOSJ, who I know to inform him.

Anyone have a way to prove David is the administrator of this site?

summersgone wrote:

Anyone have a way to prove David is the administrator of this site?

I don’t see any proof that he’s the administrator. I imagine he is, and that he’s trying to continue his once-failed campaign, but we have no proof.

You may be able to prove the administrator by reporting one of the pictures (the one of the child). Facebook’s reply to that reporting should reveal an email of who posted it, or so I read.

looks like this page has been up for years. he is probably stoked we are on the case again. round two could be fun but will probably just feed his narcissim.

we were successful in getting his name and the first sb.com thread at the top of a Google search. 🙂

Rico in AZ wrote:

How could he possibly allow himself to associate with Skylar Holgate?

He’s certainly putting his life at risk doing so. I feel for the guy.

Yeah, if anyone can prove he is the admin, that’d be great. I couldn’t find a way technically, although I’m pretty sure its common knowledge around these parts.

its the same FB page as “splitboarding is not the answer” or whatever it was. I never signed up for don’t be splittard but i’m getting the notifications, that he s posting every 20 minutes or so.

he just changed the name of the page…so this is obviously GOATROTT…

I suggest deescalating this. It’s negative and stupid. Gottorff displayed his judgement and folks on this forum made him pay dearly in top-line Google results for his own name.

A snowballing back and forth is a waste of time, and it doesn’t rise to the dignity of why we’re all here — which is to celebrate time in the mountains with friends riding backcountry.

Skiers and snowboarders would better focus trolling energy on protecting wild backcountry and upending the government agencies and coal companies that are destroying winter.